The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-09-10

OuCc aCIOsS INC StTeNul, nclu 10 TIT
north for about mile, and then turned
to the left and kept on until had de-
scribed Il quarter of a circle and come
to the river again. l then went back
to the starting point and bore to the
right, and it was while on my way te
the river that four Indians suddenly
rose up from the grass at my feet and
seized me. can't say that was of
my guard, but it did seem Bit
queer to me as l thought it owe,
aftcrward that should have lei
the skunks get such an alvan
tage Of me. l could see fairly well TO,
twenty feet OF more around me, but the
fellows Rugged the earth so closely.
and walked so straight into the trap,
that was done for before knew what
was going on. Not a yell was uttered
mot word spoken. Two Of them
| trippcd me up and the other two piled
on to me and disarmcd me, and in less
than Il minute my arms were lcrkcd
behind me and made fast, and away
we went to the northwest on trot.
This was maintained for about mile,
when we came upon y party OF fifty
mounted redskins. and in the midst Of
| them | found ScwcN. He was PROSTATE
with exhaustion and fear, and when
spoke to him. which act the Indians
seemed rather to encourage, he began
crying and sobbins like child. l was
lifted up behind a warrior and of we
went at gallop, riding to the west and
keeping close to the river until we had
made ut least fifteen miles. Then we
CAME upon an Indian village. as it was
growing daylight.
My feelings during the ride were any
thing but agreeable. can assure You.
The fact that was not killed at the
moment of my capture had signif-
cancc which well understood. was
just as certain to go to the stake for
torture as | remained 4 prisoner, and |
did a heap of thinking in hopes to get
a plan for escape. Mounted behind an
Indian, my arms tied so tightly that |
was Il constant sufferer, and obliged to
keep my balance by the use of my legs
alone, there was no earthly show for
me to carry out any scheme. Scwcll |
was mounted on the horse just ahead
of me. and his conduct went far to dis.
trcss and unncrvc me. He kept up II
constant lamcntation, and was contin-
ually bcsecching me not to let the In
dans do him harm. Drink had lost its
effect on him, and TO come out of his
spell and find himself in the hands of |
the relentless redskins had taken all the
pluck out of him. He was doing the
very worst thing he could have done,
for heard the Indians gloating oyer
the prospect when he should come to
the stake There was considerable
hurrah when we rode into the village,
and had not been able to understand
A word of the dialect, the looks and
actions of the Indians would have been
sufficient to tell me what fate they in
tended to mctc out to us. Sewcll was
placed in one lodge and l in another,
md the war party were soon engaged
with their breakfast. 1t was not
yet fully daylight when | was pulled
,ff the horse, and therefore | had not
yet been recognized. l was pretty
generally known to all the tribes. and
hey had named me "The Long Death"
got the name by killing some of them
With 4 rifle which knocked them over
When they supposed themselves far
beyond range. My only hope was that
10 one in the crowd would be able to
IDENTIFY me, as | had lately had my
lair cut close and my whiskcrs entirely
but daylight had only come
vhcn three warriors looked in on me.
,avc start of surprise. and one of
hem called at the top of his voice:
SIT is The Long Death! We have
rot him at last. Here is the white
unter who has killed 50 many of our
'eople.'
The cat was out of the bag. rs the
Id saying goes. aud stood there and
accd them and knew that l was
oomcd to the most horrible tortures
hey could invent.
They did not keep me long in wait.
ng. The knowledge of my identity
'hctted their savage appctitcs. and
'hilc the warrior, who captured lis
'cre eating breakfast the rest of the
illagc were a,tir with preparations.
he camp was in Il bit of valley, on the
1T bank of Smoky Hill fork, and two
Dung trees We're cut down. trimmed
|, proper length, and then driven in
he center of the village. The one in
ended for me was almost in front of
~ tcpcc. and stood at the entrance
nd saw the young men drive it into
he earth. More than that. sung out
, them in Il steady voice, in their own
ialcct:
"a stake like that to hold The Long
'eath! Yon shall see how he will tear
up"'
My words were received with shouts
satisfaction No nrnnlr an ,.artb ,.o